Two suspected robbers were allegedly beaten to death by an angry mob in the Darikandi-Borochar Road area in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi district on Tuesday night.
The deceased were identified as Jewel Mia, 30, son of Ator Mia, and Nadim Mia, 30, son of Shahid Ullah. They were the resident of Lochonpur village in Raipura upazila of the district.
Local people spotted a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, carrying some three to four armed men, in the area at night, said Belabo Police Station OC Shafayet Hossain.
Sensing danger, local people started shouting.
As the mob gathered and signalled the auto-rickshaw to stop, the armed miscreants got off the auto-rickshaw and tried to flee. After a brief chase, the locals caught two of them and thrashed them to death, the OC said.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the local hospital morgue.